Lanthanoid trichlorides Friedel-Crafts catalysts

Fujiwara and coworkers" have discovered that anhydrous lanthanoid trichloride salts are reusable Friedel-Crafts catalysts for the benzylation of benzene. All of the lanthanoid trichlorides offer fairly good yields of benzylated product (equation 15). The yields do not drop if the recovered catalyst is used for a second time, or in some cases even a third time, for the benzylation of benzene. 

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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ ]

See also in sourсe #XX -- [ , ]

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